China Doll & Bonus Track

by Ed Verner

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

$2 USD or more

lyrics

China doll you carry me
To a world that I envy
In a way China dreams
They call long after me
To a world
Where dreams are real

China doll you give off
Tiny rays of gold to them
Don’t you know they won’t see you
At all when you’ve grown old to them
In a world
Where dreams are real

And the end for you
The end will be the same

China doll in the end
You’ll be well preserved
In a case or a photograph
Long gone but they’ll still see
In their world
Where dreams are real

China doll you are made
Of the finest porcelain fragile
China doll when they’ve broken you
Into pieces on the ground
In their world
Where dreams are shattered

I will come and cry
Over pieces of my doll
I will come and cry
Over pieces of my doll

****

The things that I offer you
Do not attract until you’re old and gray
And I know that you are tempted
To remain in the dream with me

And I heard you whisper secrets
You thought you kept in your sleep
And I know that you’d deny them now
Even though I believe - I still believe

And I know that you and I will never
We’ll never come to agree again
‘Cause these things that you are dreaming
When you awake you can’t see anymore

credits

released May 19, 2016

license

about

Ed Verner Florida

A withdrawn and somewhat reclusive renaissance man of lyrics, logic, and lullabies, Ed Verner prefers you to hear his piano rather than know him.

contact / help

Contact Ed Verner

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like Ed Verner, you may also like:

The Creature That I Call Myself
by Julie Arsenault

featured on Bandcamp Radio Apr 21, 2015
go to album
Dakota Blue Moon
by Jackson Harden

Gorgeous acoustic Americana from North Carolina, stripped-back and sublime. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 5, 2023
go to album
CONSEQUENCES
by Kim Edgar

Collaborating remotely with 12 songwriters from all over the world, Kim Edgar emerged with a work of striking art pop. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 11, 2023
go to album
THAT PASSED
by Patrick Regan Band

This collection of '90s work from folkie Patrick Regan and friends will appeal to fans of Fairport Convention and Pentangle. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 17, 2023
go to album
Caught Up On A Feeling
by Veronica Stanton

Stunningly beautiful orchestral folk songs with just a hint of country, delivered with heart-on-sleeve immediacy. Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 19, 2022
go to album
A Ride
by Phill Reynolds

The latest album by Phill Reynolds, a project of Italian singer Silva Martino Cantele, takes listeners on an Americana-fueled musical ride. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 8, 2022
go to album
Halcyon Days
by Kevin Farge

A vibrant vision of "Central Americana" from the Costa Rica-based artist, blending heartland devotionals with playful Tropicália grooves. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 27, 2022
go to album